RPC I, 146

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 146
Province Tarraconensis
Region Hispania
City Carthago Nova
Reign Roman Republic
Magistrate Lucius Fabricius ; Publius Attelius
Dating about the middle and second half of the first century BC
Obverse inscription P ATEL(LI)(VS)
Obverse design coiled serpent
Reverse inscription L FABRIC
Reverse design inscription in one of two crossed rectangles
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Reference Vives 173–8, Beltrán 1, GMI 161
Specimens 32 (17 in the core collections)
Note Cayón 21 Jan. 2011, lot 2090, 2.80, 20 mm, has auctioned a coin from a Carthago Nova coin collector supposedly struck in this mint. M ACI / MAX on the obv. and hammer, patera? and tongs on the rev. Al- though possible, it is not sure that the coin was struck in Carthago Nova
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ANE 25/5/1957, 142
2 2     Calicó 6/1979, 362
3 3     Cop SNG 482
4 4     ✸ L: 1161 FITA, pl. VII–17
5 5     L: 1162
6 6     L: 1165
7 7     Ba: 14799
8 8     Madrid: 9552
9 9     Madrid: 9560
10 10     Madrid: 9561
11 11     Madrid: Sastre 10400
12 12     Madrid: Sastre 10401
13 13     B: Löbb.
14 14     C
15 15     L: 1163
16 16     Museu Municipal d'Alcoi: 1264
17 17     C
18 18     Calicó 11/1978, 235
19 19     L: 1164
20 20     B: 17507
21 21     B: 17508
22 22     B: 17509
23 23     B: 12634
24 24     Vat: 313
25 25     Madrid: 9553
26 26     Madrid: 9556
27 27     NY: 69222
28 28     NY: HSA 23698
29 29     NY: Newell
30 30     NY: Newell
31 31     Vives 173–8
32 32     Áureo 5.3.1997 lot 119